Jobs at The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Manages a national engineering communication initiative through program strategy, budgets, workshops, trainings, outreach, partnerships, research, and resource development. Coordinates experts, participants, and external organizations; translates complex technical information into effective programs and communications; tracks progress and supports funding materials. Requires strong judgment, organization, writing, relationship-building, and project management skills in a hybrid Washington, DC environment.

Manages complex cross-functional projects and operational initiatives for administration and human resources teams. Develops project plans, coordinates stakeholders, tracks risks and dependencies, supports process improvement, drafts policies and communications, and oversees implementation. Facilitates workflow improvements, change adoption, documentation, training, and continuous improvement while providing leadership with status updates and recommendations. The role operates independently and requires strong project management, stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills.

Manages complex government contract and grant portfolios, including billing, receivables, reconciliations, sponsor invoicing, financial reporting, collections, and closeout analyses. Provides financial guidance to internal and external stakeholders, supports audits, resolves billing issues, and handles confidential information. The role requires independent judgment, accurate multitasking, strong communication, and proficiency with accounting systems and Excel in a hybrid environment.

Leads the development, management, evaluation, and growth of federally funded research fellowship programs. Oversees program strategy, financial management, staffing, sponsor relationships, proposals, contracts, outreach, marketing, and compliance with contractual obligations. Manages a mid-sized team, mentors employees, negotiates funding, supports organizational planning, and represents programs with sponsors and external stakeholders.

Leads a portfolio of applied airport and transportation research projects, overseeing quality, delivery, risks, sponsors, contractors, and volunteer committees. Supervises 5–6 professional staff, sets priorities, manages performance and development, and aligns team work with program objectives. The role also prepares executive communications, supports governance and stakeholder engagement, manages complex initiatives, and improves project tracking, workflows, and operational processes.

The Senior Accountant manages accounting operations, journal entries, reconciliations, month-end and year-end close, financial reporting, investments, cash management, and audit support. The role maintains controls, analyzes complex transactions, improves accounting processes, responds to inquiries, and guides junior accounting staff. It requires strong GAAP knowledge, financial systems experience, independent judgment, confidentiality, and collaboration across departments in a hybrid environment.

Provides legal advice and representation across employment, benefits, labor, intellectual property, contracts, grants, government agreements, property, tax, insurance, and administrative law. Drafts and reviews legal documents, conducts research, manages outside counsel, oversees charitable solicitation registrations, supports compliance with FACA and information-handling requirements, and mentors paralegal staff. Collaborates with organizational leaders and external constituents while protecting privileged and confidential information.

Manages contractor compliance, subaward oversight, contract monitoring, risk mitigation, stakeholder relationships, and training across cooperative research programs. Develops compliance guidance, training materials, and process improvements; analyzes performance and audit trends; manages external training vendors; supports outreach and partner engagement; and advises leadership on risks and operational enhancements. Supervises staff, ensures confidentiality, and coordinates with contracts, procurement, finance, and program stakeholders in a hybrid environment.

Provides senior leadership for a portfolio of applied transportation research projects. Oversees research quality, project delivery, risks, sponsors, contractors, volunteer committees, governance, and stakeholder engagement. Supervises 5–6 professional staff, manages workloads and performance, develops work plans, resolves complex issues, prepares executive communications, and improves project-management processes. The role requires substantial independent judgment, strategic alignment, and collaboration across transportation research programs.

Manages the NAS membership database, website, member portal, and related web applications. Ensures data integrity, conducts audits, creates reports and queries, troubleshoots technical issues, coordinates database enhancements, and works with third-party technology providers. Administers website projects, analyzes web traffic and usability, recommends system improvements, and supports software upgrades, testing, staff training, and process development.

Leads workforce analytics and HR data initiatives, transforming employee, operational, and organizational data into executive insights. Develops dashboards, reporting platforms, data models, automated processes, metrics, and predictive analyses using Tableau, Power BI, SQL, and Excel. Ensures data governance, validation, integrity, and consistent reporting. Advises HR leadership, leads cross-functional analytics projects, documents methodologies, mentors colleagues, and supports data literacy while maintaining confidentiality of sensitive workforce information.

Partners with institutional stakeholders to define analytical needs, conduct data analysis, identify trends and risks, and translate findings into actionable insights. Builds and maintains Tableau dashboards, reporting products, data assets, transformation logic, and analytics infrastructure. Ensures data quality, consistency, documentation, and reliable business metrics. Provides guidance on reporting and analytical practices, supports dashboard development, and may supervise or mentor analytics staff.

Directs the organization’s print and digital publishing operations, including editorial workflows, production schedules, staffing, vendor services, budgets, policies, and quality standards. Oversees publication ethics, copyright, accessibility, open science, public access, and AI-enabled publishing technologies. Manages staff and freelancers, analyzes performance metrics, supports authors and reviewers, and ensures publications meet organizational, contractual, accessibility, and scholarly communication requirements.

Leads financial strategy and oversight for the National Academy of Engineering and its fund, including budgeting, accounting, reporting, investments, audits, tax filings, compliance, governance support, and risk management. Advises senior leadership, manages financial staff, supports boards and committees, develops operational plans, and ensures adherence to GAAP, fund accounting standards, regulations, internal controls, and confidentiality requirements.

Provides high-level administrative and operational support to the Executive Director and Executive Office. Manages calendars, travel, meetings, committee logistics, nomination reviews, financial paperwork, office supplies, technology coordination, records, onboarding, and staff activities. The role requires independent judgment, discretion with confidential information, strong organization, attention to detail, communication skills, and proficiency with Microsoft Office in a hybrid work environment.

Manages computing, AI, cybersecurity, and related research programs and projects. Develops strategies, budgets, schedules, and staffing plans; recruits expert committees; coordinates workshops and roundtables; synthesizes technical research; oversees publications and dissemination; manages staff; builds sponsor relationships; and supports fundraising. Requires strong technical communication, facilitation, project management, and independent judgment in complex scientific and policy environments.

Supports higher education and workforce development programs through day-to-day program operations, grantee management, solicitation support, alumni and student engagement, career readiness initiatives, partner coordination, evaluation, communications, recordkeeping, and reporting. The role manages workflows, databases, outreach, events, and relationships involving institutions, employers, students, alumni, grantees, and community partners.

Manages a national portfolio of major and leadership gift prospects, developing cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies. Builds relationships with executives, NAE members, foundations, corporations, and partners to secure significant gifts. Drafts proposals and donor reports, coordinates engagement events, supports development committees, analyzes prospects, and collaborates with program, finance, communications, and advancement teams. The role requires extensive donor engagement, strategic fundraising, strong writing, CRM discipline, and local and national travel.